Resumen
The concept of cognitive reserve (CR) has been proposed to account for observed discrepancies between pathology and its clinical manifestation due to underlying differences in brain structure and function. In 433 healthy older adults participating in the Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project, we investigated whether common polymorphic variations in apolipoprotein E (APOE) or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) influenced the association between CR contributors and cognitive function in older adults. We show that BDNF Val66Met moderates the association between CR and executive function. CR accounted for 8.5% of the variance in executive function in BDNF Val homozygotes, but CR was a nonsignificant predictor in BDNF Met carriers. APOE polymorphisms were not linked to the influence of CR on cognitive function. This result implicates BDNF in having an important role in capacity for building or accessing CR.
Idioma original | English |
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Número de artículo | e590 |
Publicación | Translational Psychiatry |
Volumen | 5 |
N.º | 6 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - jun. 30 2015 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:This research was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Project Grant (No: 1003645) and the J.O. and J.R. Wicking Trust (Equity Trustees).
Funding Information:
Associate Professor MJ Summers reports personal fees from Eli Lilly (Australia) Pty Ltd and grants from Novotech Pty Ltd, outside the submitted work. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
- Biological Psychiatry